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UPDATED with announcement : After filing paperwork indicating his intent, former Boy Meets World star Ben Savage Officially announced his intent to run for the 30th District seat currently occupied by Rep. Adam Schiff , D-Burbank. Schiff is running for the seat of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is retiring. “I’m running for Congress because it’s time to restore faith in government by offering reasonable, innovative and compassionate solutions to our country’s most pressing issues,” Savage wrote on Instagram today. “And it’s time for new and passionate leaders who can help move our country forward. Leaders who want to see the government operating at maximum capacity, unhindered by political divisions and special interests.” Savage touts himself as “a proud Californian, union member and longtime resident of District 30.” PREVIOUSLY on January 18 : Actor Ben Savage, who gained fame in the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World , is making a bid for Congress. According … [Read more...] about ‘Boy Meets World’ Star Ben Savage Officially Announces Run For Congress – Updated

UPDATED, 11:58 AM: Eric Garcetti was confirmed by the Senate as the next U.S. ambassador to India , nearly two years after he was first nominated. His efforts to win confirmation were stalled last year, amid allegations that he knew of sexual harassment complaints against a top aide but did not take action. Garcetti denied those allegations, but it created divisions within the Democratic caucus. The Senate voted 52-42 for confirmation, with seven Republicans in support and three Democrats against. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) voted against the nomination. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) supported the nomination. Earlier in the day, when it became clear that Garcetti had the votes for confirmation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said, “The United … [Read more...] about Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Confirmed As U.S. Ambassador To India

EXCLUSIVE: Christine Horn ( The Fallout, Snowfall ) and Sule Rimi ( Andor, The English ) have been tapped to star in Kagiso Lediga ’s newly titled Amazon Freevee series Classified (fka Untitled Kagiso Lediga), a coming-of-age drama from Skybound Galactic, a joint venture between Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, and Johannesburg-based producer Diprente. Horn and Rimi join previously announced lead Imani Pullum. The series will premiere in the U.S. on Amazon Freevee. Created by Lediga, the eight-episode series follows 15-year-old Ella Gardner (Pullum), a student at a public school in Oakland, California. Arrested at a protest and facing serious jail time, Ella avoids incarceration, but as part of the deal, Ella must leave her home in California and spend the remainder of her secondary education with her family in Johannesburg. Ella’s world is turned upside down as she navigates a very different reality than the one she has known. … [Read more...] about Christine Horn & Sule Rimi To Headline Kagiso Lediga’s Coming-Of-Age Amazon Freevee Drama

When Kerry Condon heard her Oscar nomination announced in the early hours of the morning in LA, she was clustered around the television with a group that included her Banshees of Inisherin co-star Colin Farrell. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh Jesus, hang on though. What if it’s bad for one of us?’” Condon says. Fortunately, neither actor was left out in the cold. Making Banshees was a chance for the actress to reunite with writer-director Martin McDonagh, in whose plays and the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri she had already starred. The Banshees character of Siobhán lets Condon show us her chops — from a scene in which she gently lets down the amorous but tortured young Dominic (Barry Keoghan), to telling Brendan Gleeson’s bull-headed Colm (and men in general), “You’re all feckin’ boring!” Here, Condon reflects on her career thus far and some of her onscreen favorites. My First Film Lesson It’s a good one. I learned it and I was also told it. You … [Read more...] about On My Screen: ‘Banshees Of Inisherin’ Star Kerry Condon Reveals Her Best Career Advice, Desert Island Films & What Makes Her Cry

EXCLUSIVE : John Cameron Mitchell ( Hedwig and the Angry Inch ) will step in for the late Leslie Jordan as the lead for the beloved actor’s passion project, Ron . 2x Tony Award winner Mitchell is now set to star opposite Emmy and Grammy nom Margaret Cho in the film based on her personal experiences, which Ben Eisner will direct from his own script. The dramedy follows troubled eleven-year-old Lola, who in the summer of 1982, is introduced to MTV, punk rock music and an 8mm film camera by her babysitter Ron (Mitchell), who collides with the AIDS crisis after giving Lola an assignment to make a film that proves or disproves the existence of God before summer’s end. Ron hails from Knitted Heart in association with Garnet Girl. Lisa G. Black will produce for Garnet Girl, alongside Cranium Entertainment’ Kimberly Montini and Eisner, with Jordan to be credited as an exec producer alongside Cho. Cho notes that “ Ron is a story inspired by all the gay men who … [Read more...] about John Cameron Mitchell To Assume Leslie Jordan’s Role Opposite Margaret Cho In Late Actor’s Passion Project ‘Ron’